<html><head></head><body><div class="ydp4f3ee91yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><div><div>I LOVE IT! </div><div>His voice, his perspective his genre. I even wrote a poem after reading it called Mental Wars which I have entered in a national writing competition. </div><div><br></div><div>It's not a text book. </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div class="ydp4f3ee91signature"><div style="font-size:medium;font-family:new times, serif;"><div>Melissa A. Bravo, M.S. CCA, Agronomist </div><div>Meadow Lake Farm Consulting Services 814-574-4067 / bravomelissa@yahoo.com </div><div><br></div><br><br><div><div><br><div><br><br></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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On Friday, February 8, 2019, 7:29:12 AM EST, Stephen Hiltner <stevehiltner@gmail.com> wrote:
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<div><div id="ydpf123c36byiv4032265860"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Like the books that deny the problem of invasive species, The Hidden Life of Trees is written by a non-scientist and was reviewed most prominently in the mainstream media by non-scientists. It was a best seller first in Germany, then in the US. I first heard about it while serving on an advisory committee for local sustainability, where a member of our shade tree commission started talking about mama trees and baby trees. Then a friend gave me a copy, and I started digging into it a bit. It's amazing how a book that's such a mix of information and misinformation can garner such positive reviews. <br><div><br></div><div>I decided to write my own review that details some of the problematic aspects, including a mishmash chapter on invasive species:</div><div><a href="https://newscompanion.blogspot.com/2019/01/the-hidden-life-of-trees-review.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://newscompanion.blogspot.com/2019/01/the-hidden-life-of-trees-review.html</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>It would be interesting to hear others' views of the book, and encounters with people who had read it.</div><div><br></div><div>Steve</div><div><a href="http://PrincetonNatureNotes.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">PrincetonNatureNotes.org</a></div></div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>MAIPC mailing list<br><a href="mailto:MAIPC@lists.maipc.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">MAIPC@lists.maipc.org</a><br><a href="http://lists.maipc.org/listinfo.cgi/maipc-maipc.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://lists.maipc.org/listinfo.cgi/maipc-maipc.org</a><br></div>
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